Pesto Pasta Salad
Recipe by: Sarah Cooper. Sarah is a pilates instructor , you can read more about this here.
Video of the recipe here
The Harris Farm "Save Me Stacks" are an amazing way to reduce food waste and food costs, offering discounted products (up to 50% off ) that are close to their use by date as a great sustainability initiative! I’ve created the perfect, nourishing, hearty bowl that’s not only nutritionally but also is saving you money !
All of these ingredients can be found at Harris farm , but feel free to add in different veggies based on what you can find on the Save Me Stack
Ingredients
1/2 box pulse pasta (or pasta of choice )
2 cups shredded kale,
1 small head broccoli, chopped
1 cup mixed mushrooms, chopped
1 knob ginger finely sliced
2 small red chillies
3 cloves garlic chopped
2 tbsp pesto
1/2 block hard tofu chopped
Olive oil
Salt / pepper
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
Method
- 1. Boil a pot of water to prepare your pasta and set aside
- Boil a pot of water again and boil your broccoli florets until soft, drain and set aside
- In a small pan, drizzle some olive oil and toss your chopped ginger and chilli. Add in your chopped tofu and toss until golden
- Remove tofu and add some more olive oil. Fry up your garlic and then add your mushrooms, toss till golden and soft
- Finally toast your seeds in the pan and set aside
- Place everything with your chopped kale into a big bowl. Place about 2 tbsp pesto into bowl and mix well
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Serve into a bowl and top with crispy seeds, salt, pepper and chilli flakes if you like some spice!